Heinrich Hogrebe

Heinrich Hogrebe (22 June 1913 – 25 June 1998) was a German forester who was a recipient of Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany to honor his forestry researches and the creation of the Arboretum Burgholz. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Memorial site dedicated to Hogrebe to honor his forestry researches

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 June 1941) & 1st Class (22 August 1941)[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 14 April 1942 as Leutnant of the Reserves in the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 422[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 17 August 1942 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 422[3]
  • Oak Leaves on 13 April 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of II./Grenadier-Regiment 422[3]
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1977)[4]

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1997, p. 297.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 193.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 401.
4. "Heinrich Hogrebe Gedenkstein". Denkmal-Wuppertal.de. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

Bibliography

• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.